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Gourmet Xmas Food Hunt

£ 35 per person

Food Included

Taste festive York. An indulgent winter wonderland trail of puzzles around the city's top cafes, delis, and bakeries, with plenty of Festive Gourmet goodies along the way. Expect Yuletide pastries, mince pies, festive spiced drinks, speciality meats and cheeses, and more, all from independent, local businesses specially curated to showcase the city's legendary seasonal treats.

At the same time, enjoy an escape-room style game with your team, cracking clues that weave in and out of the snow-kissed (no promises!) fairytale streets. An idyllic Christmas adventure full of puzzles and plenty of delicious surprises.

You'll visit 3 magical York establishments where each player will be treated to the following festive goodies - all included in the price;

Traditional Christmas baked good
Yuletide sweet treat and hot drink
Deluxe Festive Deli and Charcuterie selections

You'll be full of more than just festive joy by the end, we promise!

Our gourmet Christmas hunt is the perfect yuletide activity for families, friends, colleagues, and anyone who enjoys seasonal delights. Catering to both vegetarians and meat aficionados (note: we're unable to cater to vegans at this time), this experience melds fun, festive flavours, and the rich history of York. Prepare to have your mind, heart and palate entranced by this festive feast for the senses.

Suitable for children accompanying adults - you'll be surprised, the kids might help you around!

How It Works

Your team will receive clues on your phones that, once deciphered, will guide you to interesting and scenic parts of the city. At these you will solve riddles, explore the story and make decisions that will impact the rest of the game.

The route is walking distance and features optional breaks at great pubs and cafes along the way. The clues require no prior knowledge and come with hints to make the experience something everyone can enjoy.

Get booked in as we have limited availability on this route over the Winter period.

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Plan your day

09:00 to 13.45 Wed-Sat Advance booking required

1.5 to 2.5 hours across 3.7 km / 2.3 miles

Start Location

Exhibition Square

End Location

Dean's Park

Communication Methods

Rated 4.9/5 on Google

Rated 4.7/5 on TripAdvisor

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Reviews

The great things you say about CityDays

The Rivertonians

Great fun. Really enjoyed the puzzles at the stop off locations. Some directions could have been a little clearer in so…

3 RD’s and a Heyhey

Great afternoon out running round the city on a hot sunny summer bank holiday! Brilliant fun and well worth having a go…

Jaz & Go

Fab day out! Will do again, in another city. Not as easy as you think, which is a good thing.

3 sisters

We had a great time on Race Across the World. We were at team of 3 adults and 2 teenagers and there was something for …

Corbach

Amazing experience!! Very fun as always

Titans

A really fun day exploring new bits of Manchester and undertaking challenges pitched just right. Instructions were supe…

Deb & Franck

A lot of fun, new snippets of history learnt, and just enough historical background to put the snippets into a wider co…

Team Bee

A really enjoyable tour, very engaging.

Rastrick Racers

Fantastic experience! We've had the best day! The clues were challenging but not impossible and it was good to be racin…

The WiCKEd Ones

Enjoyed it immensely. We had a great team! We think you should be rewarded for not using hints or lost clues so that …

Aeylean

Such a great way to see a city we have been to before ‘with fresh eyes’! Great fun, easy to follow and so easy to follo…

Desi Drifters

What a fabulous experience, finding hidden gems walking the streets of London speaking out loud and getting strange loo…

Doherty

Good way to explore the city, taking in lots of landmarks. Really enjoyed the money element to start, felt like a true …

DNA Divas

Fab adventure exploring parts of London I have not been to

Villains on Tour

Great way to see parts of London we didn't even know about

Ian and Christine

An excellent day out - challenging & taking us to parts of the city we hadn’t been to for over 40 years!

Jammy Dodgers

Had an amazing day! Lots of fun and brain teasing questions. Happy that this can be run at our own pace. Also liked …

Bobby & Bayoub's in London City

Great day out, really enjoy it. Only criticism is that we chose the cheaper/longer routes thinking this gives us more …

Lincolnshire Lasses

Such a great experience really well done. The clues make you think but you don’t have to be glued to your phone like so…

Burnettis

A great afternoon out with some really interesting parts of London to see which otherwise you’d never see

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FAQs

: Click 'Book Now' and enter your details and select the number of tickets to match the number of participants.

Once paid you'll receive an email with login credentials to your setup dashboard.

On the dashboard find your booking, optionally split into teams, enter a team name and phone numbers.

Receive the welcome message on your phone, you're all good to go!
: The duration of each of our trails is different, you can see specific information on the "plan your day" section of the specific trail. In general our routes aim to last around 2.5 hours on average.
: Of course! After purchasing you can login to your dashboard, where you can enter your number of teams followed by each team's name and member details. Set up within a couple of minutes.
: Once booked, and you've logged into the dashboard, you'll be able to choose how many teams you'd like for your booking - once submitted you'll then be able to fill in team names and member details straight away.

We recommend a team size around 5, with a minimum of 2 people and around 8 as a maximum.
: You can take extra breaks or come back to your route at anytime. Just continue from where you left off at your own convenience. We can't stop your team clock from ticking, but not everything's a race!
: Some of our trails have specific time slots that you should start within, this is usually due to closing public areas that you'll be travelling through. Some adventures can be played at any time so you can start whenever you're ready.

The latest start time assumes that you'll take no longer than the maximum duration, most teams will complete the trail within this time, if you'd like to go slower then start a bit earlier!
: Yes absolutely, add a phone for every member when setting up the team on the dashboard, or by forwarding them the extra-member join message you received at the start.
: All international phone numbers work with our system, using WhatsApp or Telegram will only use data so make sure you can roam whilst away.
: WhatsApp & Telegram apps can be used to receive clues on all our trails
: START: Commence the trail when you're at the start location.

HINT: You're at the correct location but don't know how to find the answer.
(1 Penalty Free)

LOST: Got lost on the route? We'll send a detailed path to get you back on route.
(1 Penalty Free)

SKIP: When you're on a set break but ready to move on.
: There are time penalties for; incorrect answers, hints and losts. You receive 1 penalty-free of each, but after that you'll have 10 minutes added onto your team time for each use.
: Simply; If you don't have a great time on our trail, let us know why and we'll give you your money back in full. Easy!
: All the trails can be completed with out any prior knowledge without an issue, a perfect way to explore a new city!
: We accept Google Pay, Apple Pay, Paypal, VISA, MasterCard and American Express. All processed securely by our payments provider Stripe.
: After purchase you'll receive login credentials to enter your dashboard. There you can enter a team name and phone numbers, upon submission you'll receive a message to confirm the booking with us.

WhatsApp Setup Guide

Telegram Setup Guide
: Whatsapp & Telegram integrations will use data, again if your contract has a set amount of data you should not be charged. If you have any questions or issues then please get in contact with us.
: We turn your city into a playground of clues! When you begin you'll receive the first clue. Solve the obscured directions to discover your path and lead you to answer the question. Use your surroundings to help guide you and find the answer to the clue. Once you've found it reply back to us to receive the next.

Along the way we'll take you to fantastic secret areas and breaks at brilliant pubs/cafes.

Check out our How it works page to see more.
: Dress for the weather and take it in your stride! (Top tip, bring an umbrella!). The streets are quieter and you'll have it all to yourselves :) Picnics cannot be rescheduled without a few working days notice due to suppliers pre-prepping food. Race Across the World each day no matter the weather!
: Absolutely, when you're booking you can select to choose your date later. If you've already chosen a date and would like to change this, just reach out to the team and we can process this for you, completely free of charge.
: On your adventure you'll reach 'rest stops' where we'll recommend some great local businesses - feel free to enjoy a recommendation, find somewhere else or skip entirely - there is absolutely no pressure to enter or use any of the businesses mentioned.

The game timer will stop during the rest zone so feel free to relax!
: Perfect for couples, groups of friends, families, small businesses or large corporate team building days.

Our activities are perfect to get a bit of friendly competition going, simply let us know how you'd like your booking split into teams and we can get you setup with a live leaderboard too!
: Absolutely, each team's timer will start when they send 'start' and each team will receive their overall time (with penalties!) at the end for comparison.

If you'd like us to set you up a private live leaderboard for your teams, just ask!
: Maybe. Depending on how busy the route is you might be on the tail of another group, overtaking or getting overtaken. It's a great way to meet other like minded adventurers on the way, don't forget to say hi to each other and get a bit competitive!
: For multiple teams you can start all at once or stagger start times by a couple of minutes - groups organically spread out and overtake throughout the activity. The fastest team may not be the winning group as there are time penalties for wrong answers, a fine balance!

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